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Gupta son’s South African citizenship revoked

November 24, 2024 4:01 pm Published by Comments Off on Gupta son’s South African citizenship revoked

By Dawie Boonzaaier The son of fugitive Ajay Gupta has lost his South African citizenship. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber sent a letter to Kamal Singhala on Thursday, indicating that he had decided to revoke his citizenship. He also ordered […]


Cameroun: dans l’Extrême-Nord, le défi de l’enregistrement des naissances

November 24, 2024 3:02 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: dans l’Extrême-Nord, le défi de l’enregistrement des naissances

Plusieurs communes du Cameroun se sont lancées dans une course à l’enregistrement des naissances. Dans l’Extrême-Nord du pays, dans la commune de Mora, frontalière avec le Nigeria, on enregistrait moins de 9 % des naissances en début d’année. Pour remonter la […]


Zimbabwe: I want a Zim passport, says Zim-born SA citizen

November 23, 2024 6:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: I want a Zim passport, says Zim-born SA citizen

By Silas Nkala A ZIMBABWE-BORN South African citizen has petitioned the Zimbabwean immigration authorities protesting her treatment as a visitor to the country. Tyra Chante Naidoo, a holder of a Zimbabwean birth certificate and national identity card, wrote to the […]


Zimbabwe: Activist Kwekweza threatens court action over ID replacement

November 23, 2024 6:22 pm Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Activist Kwekweza threatens court action over ID replacement

PROMINENT pro-democracy campaigner Namatai Kwekweza has given the Registrar-General (RG) an ultimatum to replace her national identity card. This is after officials at the Civil Registry Department on October 30, 2024 reportedly refused to replace Kwekweza’s national identity card after […]


Cote d’Ivoire: Affaire « faux et usage de faux » à Tiassalé – Le procès renvoyé au 27 novembre.

November 21, 2024 6:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Cote d’Ivoire: Affaire « faux et usage de faux » à Tiassalé – Le procès renvoyé au 27 novembre.

Le 6 novembre dernier, l’instruction à la barre du procès, était terminée, les accusés et leur père n’avaient pas été en mesure d’expliquer comment leur mère qui est née en Guinée (et cela sur les propres declarations du père dans […]


Over 17,400 South Sudanese Receive National Identity Cards Thanks to UNHCR and the European Union

November 21, 2024 12:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Over 17,400 South Sudanese Receive National Identity Cards Thanks to UNHCR and the European Union

Juba/Yei – The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr Raouf Mazou, and the EU Ambassador, Mr Timo Olkkonen, were in Yei yesterday to take part in a ceremony during which hundreds of South Sudanese received National Identity Cards […]


Modalités d’obtention de la nationalité béninoise par reconnaissance.

November 20, 2024 2:04 pm Published by Comments Off on Modalités d’obtention de la nationalité béninoise par reconnaissance.

Compte rendu du Conseil des Ministres du 20 nov. 2024 Le Conseil des Ministres s’est réuni mercredi, le 20 novembre 2024, sous la présidence de Monsieur Patrice TALON, Président de la République, Chef de l’État, Chef du Gouvernement. I- Mesures […]


524 Diaspora Members Gain Ghanaian Citizenship In Historic Ceremony

November 20, 2024 12:20 pm Published by Comments Off on 524 Diaspora Members Gain Ghanaian Citizenship In Historic Ceremony

A historic moment unfolded at the Accra International Conference Centre on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, as 524 members of the African diaspora were officially granted Ghanaian citizenship. This event, the third of its kind under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s […]


Cameroon introduces draft laws on civil registration reform, data protection

November 19, 2024 4:51 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroon introduces draft laws on civil registration reform, data protection

By Ayang MacDonald The government of Cameroon has brought two bills to parliament which are vital for the country’s digital transformation journey. They are a bill that introduces a new civil registration dispensation in the country with several novelties, as […]


Nigeria: Passport Seizure, Retention, Revocation and Deprivation: Legal and Human Rights Implications (Part 1, 2 & 3)

November 19, 2024 4:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Passport Seizure, Retention, Revocation and Deprivation: Legal and Human Rights Implications (Part 1, 2 & 3)

Introduction No document is more critical to free movement of people across international borders, than that small booklet commonly called a ‘passport’. Without it, a person is without an identity – at least outside his or her country of origin. […]


La digitalisation des déclarations des naissances et autres actes d’état civil, une réalité au Burkina Faso

November 13, 2024 1:35 pm Published by Comments Off on La digitalisation des déclarations des naissances et autres actes d’état civil, une réalité au Burkina Faso

Selon le Commissaire principal de police, Ousmane Diallo Nacanabo, Directeur de l’identifiant unique et de la sécurisation des documents d’état civil, la plateforme « VENEEM » est une plateforme numérique très innovante mise en place pour gérer les déclarations systématiques des faits d’état civil. A […]